{
  "id": 9790654,
  "title": "A Google employee said he quit because he's worried about superintelligent AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/a-google-employee-said-he-quit-because-hes-worried-about",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:30:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-employee-resigns-ai-safety-harm-chips-robert-ocallahan-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Robert O Callahan, a former Google DeepMind employee, resigned from the company due to concerns about the rapid development of superintelligent AI. In an X post, he stated that his team was working on chips to make AI faster and cheaper, and he believed AI progress was happening too quickly. O Callahan, who identifies as a Christian, wrote in a resignation letter on his personal blog that he couldn't ignore the impact of his work, deeming it incompatible with his faith. He expressed uncertainty about the destination of AI progress and emphasized that the risk of AI causing harm is real but uncertain. This resignation marks another case of a tech worker quitting over safety concerns, joining a growing list of individuals from AI companies who have raised alarms about the potential dangers of advanced AI.",
  "summary": "Google employee Robert O'Callahan said he couldn't \"turn a blind eye\" to the work he was doing, and that AI's dangers should be \"taken seriously.\"",
  "key_points": [
    "Robert O Callahan resigned from Google due to concerns about superintelligent AI.",
    "His team worked on chips to make AI faster and cheaper.",
    "O Callahan's faith conflicted with his work's impact on AI development."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}